The Team

Sendu is Ugandan-founded and Kampala-operated. Our team combines infrastructure delivery, credit intelligence engineering, risk and compliance, telecoms leadership, microfinance governance, banking, and field operations across East Africa.

Byron Biroli

MD, Founder

Dual UK-Ugandan. Born in Kampala, raised in London. Background in large-scale infrastructure delivery: NASA, CERN, UK government (Coventry City of Culture 2021), Cable & Wireless, enterprise telecoms. Relocated to Kampala to deploy Sendu."

Magdalena Kurylowicz

COO, Co-Founder

Cambridge Law. 14 years in risk, AML, and sanctions. VP Anti-Financial Crime (EMEA), PIMCO. AVP AFC, Deutsche Bank. Risk, compliance, and forensic, KPMG UK. Leads bank partnerships and data protection for Sendu. DPO (Data Protection Officer)

Keneth Buhiire

CTO

CTO, Swipe2pay. Built the Agent Banking Company prototype. Developer, Numida. M-Cash integration, Interswitch. Full stack: Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Python, PHP, USSD. Leads database architecture, API design, and mobile money integration for Sendu.

Gordian Kyomukama

Exec Director, Telecoms & Regulatory

CEO, MTN South Sudan. CTO and Acting CEO, MTN Uganda. 30 years in telecoms operations across East and Central Africa. Built Uganda's mobile money rails. Leads telco integrations and regulatory relationships for Sendu.

Jacque Namwase

Financial Growth Officer

Team Lead, Platinum Credit. B2B sales and client acquisition across Kampala. Business development, Certigence. Field lead for SACCO recruitment and direct community relationships. Leads growth operations for Sendu.

Grace Musoke Lwanga

Chairman

Pioneer Chairman, PRIDE Microfinance. Steered the institution to licensed status. World Bank PPP. Chairman, ALT East Africa. Governance: Stanbic Uganda, Horizons International.